Where exactly does This Is It fit on a scale of Captain Eo to Moonwalker?

It’s Halloween weekend and I can’t celebrate Halloween without thinking about zombie Michael Jackson (which actually could happen for real this year if the zombie apocalypse takes place). Since I had MJ on my brain I caught a screening of Micheal Jackson’s This Is It,the concert film that grossed $20 million worldwide during its first day in theatres. Leave it to The King of Pop to rule pop culture from beyond the grave.Below is a snippet of my review of the film for Crosscut. To read the full review click here.

Watching Michael Jackson’sThis Is It was a bittersweet experience. On one hand the film gives a glimpse into what surely would have been one of the biggest concert spectacles in music history and it is one of the best concert films I have seen. On the other I found it difficult to watch rehearsals for what would have been such a spectacular concert knowing that no one will ever see the finished versions of this grand performance.